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Faith-healing tragedy: child dies without insulin

A vibrant and happy child, Elizabeth Struhs, eight, endured a slow and painful death after a church group encouraged her parents to deny her insulin.

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'Cult' members jailed for gambling with child's life

The parents of an eight year old girl have been jailed over the child's "painful" death after a church group gambled with her life and withheld her insulin.

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'Cult' led family from baptism joy to girl's slow death

A father stood between his wife's belief in shunning medicine and his daughter's need for life-saving insulin before his resolve crumbled amid a family crisis.

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System 'failed to protect' girl from parents, church

The system "failed to protect" a diabetic girl killed by her parents and a small religious group who withheld her medication for days, the victim's sister says.

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Girl 'argued' to stop insulin, dad tells murder trial

A tearful father told a judge he was "infuriated" by his daughter's protests against insulin shots but later joined a church that believed God would heal her.

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Church group accused of girl's death to address trial

Members of a church group accused of killing a young girl will not give evidence in their own defence but do plan to give at least one closing address at trial.

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Prosecution rests in church trial over child's death

After weeks of hearings, prosecutors in the trial of 14 church group members accused of killing a girl by withholding insulin have finished presenting evidence.

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'No regrets' over girl's death: accused dad to police

A body-worn camera has captured an exchange between police officers and a man accused of murdering his eight-year-old daughter by withholding her medication.

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‘No turning back’: how Elizabeth Struhs’ father went from sceptic to speaking in tongues and alleged murder

Jason Struhs, his wife Kerrie, and 12 other members of Toowoomba religious sect the ‘Saints’ are on trial over the eight-year-old girl’s death

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Girl 'miraculously healed' of diabetes before death

A church group member charged over an eight-year-old girl's death said the child had earlier been miraculously healed of her diabetes, a court has been told.

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Boss tells murder trial of hard worker's 'brainwashing'

A bakery boss says he feared a valued employee and friend had been "brainwashed" by a fringe Christian group before the man allegedly murdered his own daughter.

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Murder accused dad told girl needed insulin 'for life'

A man accused of murdering his daughter by withholding her insulin was repeatedly told she would die without the medication, a judge has heard.

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Murder accused 'cult' leader grills teen member's mum

A religious leader accused of murder has cross-examined a witness who confronted him over her teenage daughter spending too much time in his congregation.

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Churchgoers 'elated' for public to see girl resurrect

A religious group accused of killing an eight-year-old girl were "elated" when police took her body as people would see her rise from the dead, a judge heard.

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Australia religious group members on trial for ‘denying 8-year-old diabetic girl medicine’

Elizabeth Struhs was found dead at her home in Toowoomba after her insulin medicines were allegedly withheld for days

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Group said 'God would heal' girl's untreated diabetes

Fourteen religious group members charged with murder or manslaughter over a girl's death believed God would heal her diabetes without insulin, a judge heard.

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Hearing set for faith group accused over girl's death

A Supreme Court judge is preparing information to help 14 members of a religious group defend themselves on child murder and manslaughter charges.

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We're already labelled: group accused over girl's death

Members of a religious group charged over the death of a girl by withholding diabetes medication say they've already been labelled so "won't seek a jury trial".

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Leader of religious group accused of Elizabeth Struhs' murder, committed to stand trial for 2019 incident

Brendan Luke Stevens was committed to stand trial for failure to provide the necessaries of life to Elizabeth Struhs in 2019.

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Leader of religious group accused of 8yo Elizabeth Struhs' murder committed to stand trial

The last two members of a 14-member fringe religious group are committed to stand trial over the alleged murder of Elizabeth Struhs, who died earlier this year after her insulin medication was stopped.

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Three more men belonging to religious group to stand trial over death of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs

Zachary Alan Struhs was the 12th and youngest of 14 members of a fringe religious group known as "the Church" committed to stand trial for the girl's murder.

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'We love her': Religious group rejects murder charge over eight-year-old's death

A member of a religious group charged with the murder of Elizabeth Struhs has told a court she believes the "charge is false and does not apply to us".

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Religious group charged with murder over death of Toowoomba girl Elizabeth Struhs remanded in custody

A dozen people from a religious group in Toowoomba, charged with murder over an eight-year-old girl's death, have been remanded in custody after their first court hearings

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